Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-06
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Icepted the nomination.
p The Chief-5ustice is man who likes to
be st home, and most OF his
time is spent in his pleasant res
idence OF | street. The house is
large brick ediflce, and there are
clustered around it, perhaps, the resi-
dences OF more distinguished men than
can be found in any other section OF the
capital. On one side is the old fashioned
mansion of John W. Foster, once United
States Minister to Mexico, and then to
! Spain, and in the other lives John w.
| Thompson, the well Known Washington
banker. Next to this house is eN-Secre-
| tar7 Chandler's palatial residence, and
! lust around the corner are the former
residences of James G Blaine, Fernando
| Wood and Governor Thomas Swan. On
the In. next to the Waite residence, the
Mexican legation Is being rapidly pushed
to completion, ard near by Editor Nc
! Lean of the Cincinnati Enquirer is put
ting the finishing touches 10 his splendid
| Washington house, which was once the
| property of Hamilton Fish OF New Gork.
But % return to the residence Of the
! Chief Justice. Ascending the few broad
steps we 90 in. Turning to the right we
enter the parlor. There is nothing re-
markable about the room. 1t is like q
hundred others you have seen. There
are tables and se5tees and easy chairs; no
TWO alike. There are pictures on the
walls, bric-a-braC on the tables, andSa
grand piano in the corner. Through the
partly open folding door we catch q
glimpse Of charming and comfortable
vista. Immediately in the rear Oh the
parlOr is the library, with handsome
bookcases, filed with well worn volumes
on every conceivable SUBJECT Blu. it is
for the most part elegant literature, SUCH
as novels, poems ana books of travel.
There are lazy looking lounges, and huge
chairs that one could lose oneself in, and
on the floor lies the latest rev novel in
paper cover, evidently finished and
thrown aside as useless by its reader
Back of this half study, half sit
ting room is the dining room, rich
warm, tasteful and elegant. "You have
plenty of room" | remarked to the Chief
Justice. "Yes," he answered laughingly,
but manage TO keep them all pretty
full" The careless reply touched the
key note Of the hrspitable wOyS OF the
distinguished jurist The social exact
ions upon the Chief Justice of the SUI
:
| Scarcely an evening passes that g reCep-
ton, or dinner, or party does not de-
mand his presence. OF course the posi-
ton OF Chief-Justice is al the mead of
society, and ne is much courted, not only
because Of his exalted rank, but quite IS
much on account Of his culture and good
fellowship. Ills family is small, consist
ing only of his VII, an unmarried dauah-
] 10, hi INT
it is quite large enough to make the
rather large home an attractive one, and
| few houses Ia Washington are more in IA
vor with the fashionable visiting world,
that GIBBS and surges In the capital like
no other city in America.
| Preceded by my host | left the parlOr,
and at his invitation went up to "the
| den" as he calls it. He, . man of seven
/ ty, ran up the long hight OF stairs as
nimbly as boy of seventeen, and as We
/ assembled he explained that this was his
work shop. The den is over the dining
room, and is an ideal place for work.
Well lighted and ventilated, tastefully
ca,peted and papered, is is charming
apartment. A bright fire CLOVIS and
I sparkles in the CRATE, rich warm rug is
! in front Of II, and the large table is drawn
| up close so as to get the full dement, OF
the heat. The desk is piled with legal
looking papers; from out Of the half
| open drawers peep others of the same
character, and on little cleared space
stands half emptied cCff9e cup. As for
books, there are hundreds of them, all
arranged in precise rows IN the
bookcases, and covered in conven-
tional sheepskin. They are all law
books, you see no novels, or poems, no
newspapers scattered asound In every